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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

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RICHMOND, Va. - A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a "violent mood."Abby Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia was shot in the hand and chest on Jan.

6 as she sat at a reading table in her classroom. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries since the shooting.The shooting rattled the military shipbuilding community and sent shock waves around the country, with many wondering how a child so young could get access to a gun and shoot his teacher.The lawsuit names the Newport News School Board and several school district officials, including former Superintendent George Parker III, as defendants.Michelle Price, a spokesperson for the school board, Lisa Surles-Law, chair of the school board, and other board members did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on the lawsuit.

The former superintendent did not immediately return a message seeking comment left on his cellphone.No one, including the boy, has been charged in the shooting.

The superintendent was fired by the school board after the shooting, while the assistant principal resigned. The principal was reassigned to another job within the school district.

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